: the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
what some people will do for a whit of publicity—
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Examples of whit in a Sentence
I care not a whit about what other people think.
Recent Examples on the Web
Will this matter a whit when Rodrigo shortly gets underway on the tour that is one of the toughest tickets of 2024?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
People can show up with the most expensive gift and care not a whit about you.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2023
But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
The real reason was that the Fed’s most powerful and vocal constituency was, and remains, the banks, which don’t care one whit about people getting thrown out of work.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
These folks have been sweetening lives here since the early 1950s, and the taffy recipe hasn't changed a whit.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
When the weather turns sour, the Volvo 940 doesn't care one whit.
—Dick Kelley, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
The fact that both Trump and Biden have major bipartisan accomplishments to their names matters not a whit.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
Koresh and his followers cared not a whit what the rest of the world thought and believed.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
People can show up with the most expensive gift and care not a whit about you.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2023
But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
The real reason was that the Fed’s most powerful and vocal constituency was, and remains, the banks, which don’t care one whit about people getting thrown out of work.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
These folks have been sweetening lives here since the early 1950s, and the taffy recipe hasn't changed a whit.
—Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023
When the weather turns sour, the Volvo 940 doesn't care one whit.
—Dick Kelley, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
The fact that both Trump and Biden have major bipartisan accomplishments to their names matters not a whit.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2021
Koresh and his followers cared not a whit what the rest of the world thought and believed.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Whit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whit. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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